FRANCINE MCKENNA, a fake CPA and a self-proclaimed “investigative reporter” and “auditor,” is in fact a ghost behind an obscure twitter page @retheauditors. Fancine Mckenna is a middle-aged woman with a wrinkled face that looks like used toilet paper and a fake Certified Public Account (CPA) credential.

To the good family folks in the great state of Illinois, “blogger” Francine McKenna is an odd animal. A self-labeled “investigative accountant” — whatever the “fancy” title means — McKenna owns an obscure website called www.rethereauditors.com but somehow McKenna has conveniently “forgotten” to “audit” herself.

Catching Francine McKenna, A Fabricated Bio and a Walking Ghost

Francine McKenna has created an “impressive” bio that could easily cheat the most experienced grandmas into dropping their pants. On her obscure website, McKenna claims to be a CPA, a “Certified Public Account,” licensed with the state of Illinois. She also claims to be on the faculty of the University of Chicago. In the real life, however, none of these claims are true. McKenna lives like a ghost with a fabricated bio. She is nowhere to be found anywhere on the Internet: no professional accreditation, no published phone numbers, no published address, not even a medical record … despite efforts made by investigators, Francine McKenna’s background couldn’t be verified anywhere either on the Internet or in her hometown of Chicago.

A published phone number in the contact page of a website that prominently displays McKenna’s heavily doctored white face is, in fact, a fake. The phone number leads investigators to the home of a registered sex offender named Steve McKenna, allegedly her third husband and a middle-aged man accused of running an underground brothel in Chicago and Cambodia.

FRAUD Francine McKenna, CAUGHT IN MULTIPLE FRAUD

Photo: Fake CPA, Francine McKenna

FRANCINE MCKENNA, TOTAL FRAUD, PROSECUTED

Exposing Francine McKenna, A Fake CPA

A more extensive search on the Internet would raise anyone’s desire for the greater truth: Despite McKenna’s claim that she is a CPA licensed with the state of Illinois, neither her name nor anything else resembling her exaggerated bio could match any state government records. Officials from the Illinois state government also denied that McKenna was ever a CPA there. In other words, McKenna is a fraud — she is not a licensed CPA and neither is she working in the field of accounting.

What about McKenna’s claim as a lecturer at the University of Chicago? It was a fake statement also. Calls to the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business turned out empty: Francine McKenna has never been associated with the prestigious business school in any fashion, let alone ever becoming a lecturer there as claimed on her website. Neither could the business school identify any record of anything, not even a trash can, remotely associated with Francine McKenna.

Hunting Down the “Mysterious” Francine McKenna

Sources told investigators that McKenna’s latest divorce from her husband left a deep scar on her appearance, causing both physical and emotional stress to an aged woman. McKenna lives a lonely life like a hermit hiding in a dark cave; she is nowhere to be found on Earth. Sources reveal that McKenna survives on bribes from illegal stock short sellers and distributing display ads on pornographic websites. Sex, lies and pornography may have paid McKenna’s bills for years.

Transparency? There is none. Public disclosure? There is none. Why is Francine McKenna hiding from the American public?

FRANCINE MCKENNA is a fraud. She has a history of affiliating herself with colorful characters that manipulate the capital markets. The notorious Jon Carnes is one of them. Not surprisingly, McKenna’s friend Jon Carnes was indicted for stock fraud by the U.S. and Canadian government officials.

The conviction of the Carnes crime family followed Canadian and U.S. securities regulators’ similar findings of crimes committed by Carnes through his fraudulent EOS Holdings. Last December, Canadian regulators announced Carnes’s indictment alleging securities frauds. In a press release, the British Columbia Securities Commission, assisted by the SEC and the FBI, called Carnes “a major fraud.”

As reported in “Canada’s New York Times,” The Globe and Mail, Jon Carnes “lied about his investing experience and created a fake research group, fake names and fake research in order to help him profit from his negative reports, including his report on Silvercorp.” According to the regulator, Carnes started eyeing Silvercorp in June 2011. At the time, one of his employees started gathering information for the negative Silvercorp report and said, “Let’s whack [Silvercorp] before others beat us to [it].” Carnes started building his short position in Silvercorp in August 2011. When Carnes caught wind that other short sellers were targeting Silvercorp, he said, “We gotta nail [Silvercorp] quick. I think everyone is about to be onto it.”

Catching Fraud Francine McKenna, the Beat is On…

If a woman hides her identity, tries so hard to turn an ugly face of a witch into a “Snow White,” fakes her professional background and fabricates her bio, what else would she not do? As investigations continue, it’s time for Francine McKenna to come out clean, but will she ever? What else is she hiding?

Thank you for this community service journalism. McKenna is a serious threat to the accounting profession. You have exposed her and her porn ring. Hopefully no one will be unfairly attacked by this shyster again.

Prince WaleedMay 22, 2014

Mr Eldridge,

Great reporting, but anxiously awaiting to learn about the rest of the dirty laundry.

Sean P.June 4, 2014

Francine McKenna is a fraud. A well written article. Don’t have your tax returns prepared by a fraud like Francine McKenna.

Bill AlpertJune 29, 2014

Francine McKenna is a fake CPA. Her CPA “license” in Illinois is nowhere to be found. Trust your tax returns to a woman like this? What a dangerous bitch!